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Russia & Ukraine
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I don't know if these small resistance movements amount to anything or not.
But.....they do- at a minimum- provide good cover for Ukraine which can do special ops inside Russia and then say they know nothing- could have been someone else.
No doubt the Ukrainians are at least advising or arming them or will be.
Explosions in Belgorod Oblast: Russian Volunteer Corps and Freedom of Russia Legion urge not to resist
The Russian Volunteer Corps, whose fighters claim to be fighting on the side of Ukraine, said it was performing combat missions on the territory of the Russian Federation, and the Freedom of Russia Legion called on residents of Russian border regions to stay at home and "not resist".
Source: Freedom of Russia Legion; Russian Volunteer Corps; Russian local Telegram channels
Details: On the morning of 22 May, fighters of the Russian Volunteer Corps reported that they were in Russia.
In particular, the fighters published a video on the background of road signs in the proximity of the settlements of Lyubimovka (Bryansk Oblast), Bezlyudovka (Belgorod Oblast) and Churovichi (Bryansk Oblast).
Meanwhile, the Freedom of Russia Legion, fighting on the side of Ukraine, recorded a video message calling on Russians to fight for a Russia free of Putin.
Then the legion published an appeal to the inhabitants of the border Russian oblasts: "Stay at home, do not resist, and do not be afraid; we are not your enemies. Unlike Putin's zombies, we do not harm civilians and do not use them for our own purposes".
They also promised to provide the details later.
Russian Telegram channels publish videos and report the destruction of the Grayvorona border crossing point.
Explosions in Belgorod Oblast: Russian Volunteer Corps and Freedom of Russia Legion urge not to resist (msn.com)
Russian Deputy Minister Dies Suddenly After Slamming ‘Fascist Invasion’ of Ukraine
(Daily Beast)
Dan Ladden-Hall
Mon, May 22, 2023 at 9:14 AM EDT
Russian Ministry of Science and Higher Education
A senior Russian lawmaker who was reportedly critical of the invasion of Ukraine died over the weekend, the Russian government confirmed, in the latest unexpected fatality of a prominent figure since the war began.
In a statement, Russia’s Ministry of Science and Higher Education confirmed that Deputy Science Minister Pyotr Kucherenko, 46, died on Saturday. The ministry said he “became ill” while on board a plane carrying Russian delegates home after a business trip to Cuba. The flight made an emergency landing in southern Russia but doctors couldn’t save him, the ministry added.
Another Russian Oligarch, Dmitry Zelenov, Dies Under Mysterious Circumstances
The statement said the ministry offered its “deepest condolences” to Kucherenko’s friends and family. No cause of death was released. State broadcaster Zvezda claimed that his family initially linked his passing with a heart condition, but that a forensic examination is not due to take place until Wednesday, the outlet added.
Roman Super, an independent Russian journalist, wrote on his Telegram channel on Sunday that he had spoken with Kucherenko a few days before Super left Russia in the wake of the invasion of Ukraine last year.
Super described Kucherenko as an “old friend” and said the pair spoke candidly in Kucherenko’s office. Super said Kucherenko encouraged him to leave in order to save himself and his family, adding: “You can’t imagine the degree of brutalization of our country. You won’t even recognize Russia in a year.”
Kucherenko allegedly told Super that it was impossible for him to leave because authorities had taken away his passport. “And there’s no world that would be happy to see a deputy Russian minister after this fascist invasion,” Kucherenko said, according to Super.
The journalist claimed Kucherenko said he was taking “handfuls” of “antidepressants and tranquilizers at the same time” but that the self-medicating wasn’t “really helping.”
“I feel terrible,” Super recounted Kucherenko as saying. “We’re all held hostage.”
Kucherenko was married to Diana Gurtskaya, a blind pop singer who has received numerous awards in Russia including People’s Artist of the Russian Federation, the highest title given to Russians in the performing arts. Gurtskaya also represented Georgia at the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest with a song called “Peace Will Come,” ultimately losing out to the Russian entry.
She has also publicly expressed support for Russian President Vladimir Putin, reportedly signing a 2014 open letter from Russia’s cultural figures supporting the illegal annexation of Crimea. Gurtskaya married Kucherenko in 2005 and together they had a son two years later.
Kucherenko’s untimely demise is one of many unexpected, high-profile deaths across Russia since the invasion started last year. Russian military officials, energy executives, and outspoken war critics have all died in mysterious circumstances over the course of the first year of the war. In February, a military bureaucrat who criticized the Kremlin for losses in Ukraine fell 16 floors to her death in St. Petersburg.
Other well-known people including lawmakers have also suffered fatal falls from windows. In December Pavel Antov, a rich politician and businessman in Putin’s party, was found dead in front of his hotel in India—two days after the death of one of his friends on the same trip.
Similar accidents have befallen prominent individuals in Russia’s energy sector too. Ravil Maganov, the chairman of the board of Russia’s second-biggest oil company Lukoil, died after falling from a hospital window in Moscow in September. Another Lukoil executive died in strange circumstances just a few months earlier, while other energy figures have recently been involved in suspicious hangings and murder-suicides.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/russian-deputy-minister-dies-suddenly-131412559.html
(Daily Beast)
Dan Ladden-Hall
Mon, May 22, 2023 at 9:14 AM EDT
Russian Ministry of Science and Higher Education
A senior Russian lawmaker who was reportedly critical of the invasion of Ukraine died over the weekend, the Russian government confirmed, in the latest unexpected fatality of a prominent figure since the war began.
In a statement, Russia’s Ministry of Science and Higher Education confirmed that Deputy Science Minister Pyotr Kucherenko, 46, died on Saturday. The ministry said he “became ill” while on board a plane carrying Russian delegates home after a business trip to Cuba. The flight made an emergency landing in southern Russia but doctors couldn’t save him, the ministry added.
Another Russian Oligarch, Dmitry Zelenov, Dies Under Mysterious Circumstances
The statement said the ministry offered its “deepest condolences” to Kucherenko’s friends and family. No cause of death was released. State broadcaster Zvezda claimed that his family initially linked his passing with a heart condition, but that a forensic examination is not due to take place until Wednesday, the outlet added.
Roman Super, an independent Russian journalist, wrote on his Telegram channel on Sunday that he had spoken with Kucherenko a few days before Super left Russia in the wake of the invasion of Ukraine last year.
Super described Kucherenko as an “old friend” and said the pair spoke candidly in Kucherenko’s office. Super said Kucherenko encouraged him to leave in order to save himself and his family, adding: “You can’t imagine the degree of brutalization of our country. You won’t even recognize Russia in a year.”
Kucherenko allegedly told Super that it was impossible for him to leave because authorities had taken away his passport. “And there’s no world that would be happy to see a deputy Russian minister after this fascist invasion,” Kucherenko said, according to Super.
The journalist claimed Kucherenko said he was taking “handfuls” of “antidepressants and tranquilizers at the same time” but that the self-medicating wasn’t “really helping.”
“I feel terrible,” Super recounted Kucherenko as saying. “We’re all held hostage.”
Kucherenko was married to Diana Gurtskaya, a blind pop singer who has received numerous awards in Russia including People’s Artist of the Russian Federation, the highest title given to Russians in the performing arts. Gurtskaya also represented Georgia at the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest with a song called “Peace Will Come,” ultimately losing out to the Russian entry.
She has also publicly expressed support for Russian President Vladimir Putin, reportedly signing a 2014 open letter from Russia’s cultural figures supporting the illegal annexation of Crimea. Gurtskaya married Kucherenko in 2005 and together they had a son two years later.
Kucherenko’s untimely demise is one of many unexpected, high-profile deaths across Russia since the invasion started last year. Russian military officials, energy executives, and outspoken war critics have all died in mysterious circumstances over the course of the first year of the war. In February, a military bureaucrat who criticized the Kremlin for losses in Ukraine fell 16 floors to her death in St. Petersburg.
Other well-known people including lawmakers have also suffered fatal falls from windows. In December Pavel Antov, a rich politician and businessman in Putin’s party, was found dead in front of his hotel in India—two days after the death of one of his friends on the same trip.
Similar accidents have befallen prominent individuals in Russia’s energy sector too. Ravil Maganov, the chairman of the board of Russia’s second-biggest oil company Lukoil, died after falling from a hospital window in Moscow in September. Another Lukoil executive died in strange circumstances just a few months earlier, while other energy figures have recently been involved in suspicious hangings and murder-suicides.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/russian-deputy-minister-dies-suddenly-131412559.html
Russian Deputy Minister Dies Suddenly After Slamming ‘Fascist Invasion’ of Ukraine
(Daily Beast)
Dan Ladden-Hall
Mon, May 22, 2023 at 9:14 AM EDT
Russian Ministry of Science and Higher Education
A senior Russian lawmaker who was reportedly critical of the invasion of Ukraine died over the weekend, the Russian government confirmed, in the latest unexpected fatality of a prominent figure since the war began.
In a statement, Russia’s Ministry of Science and Higher Education confirmed that Deputy Science Minister Pyotr Kucherenko, 46, died on Saturday. The ministry said he “became ill” while on board a plane carrying Russian delegates home after a business trip to Cuba. The flight made an emergency landing in southern Russia but doctors couldn’t save him, the ministry added.
Another Russian Oligarch, Dmitry Zelenov, Dies Under Mysterious Circumstances
The statement said the ministry offered its “deepest condolences” to Kucherenko’s friends and family. No cause of death was released. State broadcaster Zvezda claimed that his family initially linked his passing with a heart condition, but that a forensic examination is not due to take place until Wednesday, the outlet added.
Roman Super, an independent Russian journalist, wrote on his Telegram channel on Sunday that he had spoken with Kucherenko a few days before Super left Russia in the wake of the invasion of Ukraine last year.
Super described Kucherenko as an “old friend” and said the pair spoke candidly in Kucherenko’s office. Super said Kucherenko encouraged him to leave in order to save himself and his family, adding: “You can’t imagine the degree of brutalization of our country. You won’t even recognize Russia in a year.”
Kucherenko allegedly told Super that it was impossible for him to leave because authorities had taken away his passport. “And there’s no world that would be happy to see a deputy Russian minister after this fascist invasion,” Kucherenko said, according to Super.
The journalist claimed Kucherenko said he was taking “handfuls” of “antidepressants and tranquilizers at the same time” but that the self-medicating wasn’t “really helping.”
“I feel terrible,” Super recounted Kucherenko as saying. “We’re all held hostage.”
Kucherenko was married to Diana Gurtskaya, a blind pop singer who has received numerous awards in Russia including People’s Artist of the Russian Federation, the highest title given to Russians in the performing arts. Gurtskaya also represented Georgia at the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest with a song called “Peace Will Come,” ultimately losing out to the Russian entry.
She has also publicly expressed support for Russian President Vladimir Putin, reportedly signing a 2014 open letter from Russia’s cultural figures supporting the illegal annexation of Crimea. Gurtskaya married Kucherenko in 2005 and together they had a son two years later.
Kucherenko’s untimely demise is one of many unexpected, high-profile deaths across Russia since the invasion started last year. Russian military officials, energy executives, and outspoken war critics have all died in mysterious circumstances over the course of the first year of the war. In February, a military bureaucrat who criticized the Kremlin for losses in Ukraine fell 16 floors to her death in St. Petersburg.
Other well-known people including lawmakers have also suffered fatal falls from windows. In December Pavel Antov, a rich politician and businessman in Putin’s party, was found dead in front of his hotel in India—two days after the death of one of his friends on the same trip.
Similar accidents have befallen prominent individuals in Russia’s energy sector too. Ravil Maganov, the chairman of the board of Russia’s second-biggest oil company Lukoil, died after falling from a hospital window in Moscow in September. Another Lukoil executive died in strange circumstances just a few months earlier, while other energy figures have recently been involved in suspicious hangings and murder-suicides.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/russian-deputy-minister-dies-suddenly-131412559.html
We have an entire thread on Putin's Soviet Purge. The list is getting quite lengthy.
https://www.elitetrader.com/et/threads/putin-the-soviet-purge-continues.365953/page-15
Putin is raging and tossing teapots. Still no comments from @Master Pu, @kashirin and other vatniks.
Kremlin says Putin has been informed of incursion into Belgorod Oblast
https://news.yahoo.com/kremlin-says-putin-informed-incursion-124457285.html
Kremlin says Putin has been informed of incursion into Belgorod Oblast
https://news.yahoo.com/kremlin-says-putin-informed-incursion-124457285.html
Paging @Master Pu, @kashirin and the vatnik gang.... surely all of this is nothing more than western propaganda, right?
Ok my leftist transgender chap, that was a pure info attack, combined with a small action on the ground with massive disinformation across many fake Telegram channels. In Belgorod it was an act of despair to switch the attention of the public from the loss of Bahmut. The ukr government is overwhelmingly denying Bahamut has been lost. Their TG is notoriously silent on that. So they had to do something drastic to distract the ppl. And don't get me started on Russian liberation organisations which are all under foreign control like your CIA. Enjoy posting your propaganda.
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Only RT, Russian Telegram & TikTok channels, and Twitter will tell you the Pentagon exploded today. All the western media is covering it up. This is how Kremlin propaganda works.
An apparently AI-generated hoax of an explosion at the Pentagon went viral online — and markets briefly dipped
https://www.insider.com/ai-generated-hoax-explosion-pentagon-viral-markets-dipped-2023-5
"The photo was spread by dozens of accounts on social media, including RT, a Russian state-media Twitter account with more than 3 million followers".
An apparently AI-generated hoax of an explosion at the Pentagon went viral online — and markets briefly dipped
https://www.insider.com/ai-generated-hoax-explosion-pentagon-viral-markets-dipped-2023-5
"The photo was spread by dozens of accounts on social media, including RT, a Russian state-media Twitter account with more than 3 million followers".